Distribution Center

The material handling industry is in the middle of a historic digital transformation from manual to automated processes in distribution center (DC) and fulfillment operations.

Today, the pace of change in modern e-commerce has raised the stakes, putting tremendous pressure on fulfillment operations to process orders quickly and accurately for retailers and consumers.

New facility designed to optimize implementation process by releasing shipments to customer sites in segments.

Aimed toward connecting small and medium-sized companies with warehouses, Ware2Go recruits and certifies warehouses for traders, letting them amplify to new places and stay alongside new ecommerce transactions.

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The collaboration will focus on next-generation machine learning and robotic controls to help distribution centers address rising e-commerce demands and resource challenges.

With the first U.S. multistory warehouses preparing to open and amazon contemplating futuristic airborne fulfillment centers, demand is growing for the vertical construction of urban warehouses with smaller real estate footprints.

Augmented reality, smart glasses and other technologies are not enough in themselves to unlock value.

Many articles about robots in the distribution center include predictions of large scale job losses. “Robots Replace People” is a good, attention-grabbing headline, but the truth is more complicated.

Modern spends 60 seconds talking with Steve Raymond, retired CEO of Raymond Handling Concepts Corp.

The unrelenting pace of e-commerce growth is pushing traditional distribution centers (DCs) beyond the limits of their capabilities.

In its “U.S. Industrial Availability Index,” CBRE reported that the availability rate for U.S. industrial real estate fell ten basis points to 7.2% in the second quarter, which is its lowest level since 2000. CBRE said this represents the 32nd consecutive quarterly decline, with demand for industrial property continuing to outpace supply. What’s more, CBRE said this is the longest quarterly stretch of declining availability going back to 1988.

Driven by significant advances in sensor technology, mobile computing, mobile data and vehicle connectivity, real-time visibility is no longer limited to aggregate information on stationary items at distribution and warehousing facilities.

Finding the right fulfillment partner takes time and attention; it’s worth the effort to research potential partners carefully.

To meet the needs of an omnichannel environment (or simply expand to accommodate sales growth), retailers and ecommerce companies need to move products through the supply chain faster, get them closer to the end customer and minimize transportation costs.